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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
9
Bath Iron Works and the Navy request restraint on demonstrations if V E Day is declared. Once Germany surrenders, workers will gather by the flag pole for a short ceremony and then resume work with the determination that sailors still fight toward Tokyo.
Beverly Hooker of Middle Street hosted a Saturday afternoon party for nine friends to mark her ninth birthday. The decor featured yellow and green with quill centerpieces and cap decorations, as guests enjoyed cake and gifts. Present were Donna Stewart, Anne Singer, Nancy Miller, Lita Wilson, Carolyn Stackpole, Sandra London, Ronna Press, Carol Hooker, and Kenn London.
Little Judy Seekins celebrated her third birthday with a Bedford Street party for friends. Decorations featured a centerpiece of flowers and candles. games included peanut hunt and pinning the donkey’s tail. Prizes went to Cynthia Osgood and Anne Bayard with Wayne Robbins. a group photo finished the event.
Mayor Walter C. Rogers and Fire Chief Richard Frates arrange a two minute fire whistle to sound on news that the war in Europe is over with short intermittent blasts.
Members of Les Camarades gathered at Mrs. Milton H. Douglas’s York street home last Wednesday for an all star music program. Hostesses were Mrs. Douglas Mrs. Wiggin Mrs. Lockery and Mrs. George Jacobs with many guests in attendance. The program featured piano duets choruses solos and duets including L Italiana in Algieri The Long Day Closes Morning Speaks Abbot at Derry Panis Angelicus and Julia's Garden among others. Refreshments followed the performances.
Bath Mayor Walter C. Rogers urges a prayerful V E Day observance with church bells rung for five minutes after the signal and a 30 minute call to prayer. He advises merchants to decide on store closures to prevent confusion and notes some cities have planned church services.
Miss Georgette Mary Nadeau wed Allan S Andrews of Princeton and Bath at St Charles church St Francis. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Nadeau of St Francis and works in Bath Iron Works timekeeping. Groom son of Mr and Mrs Harley Andrews of Princeton. He formerly worked for H N Boyd Co in Cheyenne. Morse High to host State Guard speaker Col John F Choate to recruit for the State Guard with Co B Bath on stage in uniform.
Sgt Merle Nichols of Presque Isle visits Bath to relay word of Sgt Hiram Stevens released from a German prison camp on January 30 by the Russians. Nichols traveled via Poland to the Black Sea and Odessa before returning home. Stevens remained with the main release group and has yet to arrive in the United States. Nichols is on a 60 day furlough with a Florida rest camp to follow after recuperating from pneumonia.
Louis J. Hutto director of health and physical education led a Friday demonstration at Huse school gym in Bath showing preliminary stunts and games for a broader physical education program. Teachers and sixth graders observed with aims to form city-wide leader groups for fall implementation.
The school and health departments offer immunizations at a small cost for children from six months to 12 years. Smallpox vaccination is free for any age child, with re-vaccination advised if not inoculated in seven years. Diphtheria, whooping cough and combo vaccines cost 50 cents. Free service possible for those unable to pay. Time and place to be announced. call Red Cross Nursing office 804-W 8–9 a.m. for details.
Sidney Knight son of Mr and Mrs James S Knight of Pleasant Street has left home for the Pacific Coast en route to Pearl Harbor Hawaii where he will return to work at the Navy Yard there where he has been employed for several years
Mrs. George Cary hosted the Junior Hospital League gathering with dessert served. Proceeds from a recent baked bean supper totaled 101.65 to support Bath Memorial hospital x ray project. A Spring dance is set for May 12 at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Julia Halterman as general chair and Mrs. Howard Bates as ticket chair.
The Colonial Club Bowling league held its annual banquet at the Phoenix on Thursday, marking the 13th consecutive year of the gathering. Awards were presented by league secretary Roland Robinson, with music by Joseph Avery and Robert Rice. Sam Rogers won high single and high three string. Raleigh Glynn earned a consolation prize. The Lucky Strikes earned first team honors. the Old Golds took second, led by Don Jewett and captain Roland Robinson.
State Guard recruiting drives run this week in Maine with Co. B under David Y. Alkazin staffing City hall evenings from 6 to 9. Men ages 16 to 65 may join with parental consent for minors. uniforms and equipment provided. drills on Thursdays earn medals and ribbons. aims to train members for national service.
Grace Episcopal Church hosts a nurses service on Thursday evening May 10 at 8 15 led by the Guild of St Barnabas for Nurses. Bath area nurses are asked to report to the parish house with uniforms and caps. Rev Cedric Mather of St Mark's Waterville will give the address. Public invitation.
American Legion Auxiliary conducted its installation Wednesday with Mrs. Victor Carey as installing officer. Officers installed include Mrs. Ris teen as president and Mrs. Frank Reinoehl as first vice president. Mrs. Snow presented past president pin to Mrs. Ris teen and Carey received a corsage. Beatrice Leavitt acted as sergeant at arms. 34 members attended, including one Legionnaire and two sustaining members.
Alexander MacDonald heads the Lions club committee collecting used clothing for the United National Clothing drive. He reports satisfactory sorting and packing progress at the Dummer street schoolhouse with several cases filled. Next week’s schedule assigns nights to Avery Bowker Small Hersom, with all Lions urged to assist from seven to eight thirty. Mussenden was inducted as a member by Arthur Bowker, guests included Clyde Lett, Freeman Wilson, and Cecil Fullerton Jr.
The Lincoln Sagadahoc County Medical Society held its annual meeting at the Sedgwick on Thursday evening. Officers elected include Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach as president and Dr. Phillip Gregory as vice president, with other officers and a board of censors named. Several medical cases were presented and discussed.
A canning center meeting at Morse High School led by Florence Jenkins of the State Department outlines a Bath project funded mainly by the community. State funds cover only the director and utilities. tins price raised one cent to support local costs. A committee including Mrs. Joseph I. Smith and Superintendent Loring Additions was named for this year's program.
Fresh flowers for bouquets and funeral designs available with daily bath delivery. Call 171 for Woolwich arrangements and wreaths.
Jeme W. Allen of Bath and Mark Hanna of Georgetown have followed peace talks led by Count Folke Bernadotte with interest. The pair, former crew on the Hi Esmara, met Bernadotte during a 10 month Mediterranean cruise.
William Starling Burgess, famed yacht designer, marries Miss Marjorie Gladding Young in Florida on March 31. The couple has worked together in naval architecture the past seven years, with Burgess known for designing the Ranger and Navy projects shaping his career. Burgess's prior marriages ended in divorce. he resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife after Ranger’s construction.
Mrs. George Sonia of Oliver Street traveled Sunday to Fitchburg Massachusetts to be with her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Layden who is ill. She will stay with her sister Mrs. Lyle Halstead during the visit.
Cmdr. R. T. S. Keith arrived in Bath Monday to assume command of a destroyer building project at the Bath Iron Works Corp. He succeeds the previous officer and will oversee the construction program.
Lost in the lower part of Woolwich a black and white short haired cat with six toes all around. A $5 reward offered. Contact Omas J. Wheeler No. 2 Wiscasset. May 3, 1911.
Word reached Bowdoinham that Ralph MacDonald 34 a ship cook 2/c Seabees was killed in action in the Pacific area the Navy department notified his parents Mr and Mrs Charles MacDonald formerly of Bowdoinham He was born in Gorham NH a Morse High graduate Bath and attended Kent s Hill He entered service August 1943 He was past exalted ruler of Bath lodge of Elks Others named include Mrs Gertrude Small Frick funeral in Bloomfield NJ and surviving relatives Paul Bishop son of Senator Neil S Bishop ranked third at Higgins Classical Institute and will graduate in June with theme Knowledge Versus Learning Local items note on births moves and visits from Brunswick Portland and Fairfield including Miss Hazel Brown and Harold Carr purchasing the Farmers Union store in Randolph
The Maine State Guard units B and E of the 3rd Battalion will hold a non denominational V E Day service at the State Armory near Lincoln and North streets, about half an hour after the 8 8 8 call sounds. The public is invited to attend.
Pearls are harvested from diverse regions including the Sulu seas coastal waters of Australia and shores around Central America with additional yields from various South Pacific islands emphasizing international pearl trade.
The Bowdoinham School Board calls for bids to cover three transportation routes for pupils. Bids may cover all routes or any one. contracts limited to the term of need and must meet state standards including bus signs, seating, doors, emergency access, exhaust, fuel access, fire extinguisher, and railroad crossing procedures. Bids due by June 1, 1945 to Chester F. Hobart Bowdoinham.
Bowdoinham Baptist Association meets at Bowdoinham and Topsham Unite Baptist Church with Rev. C. J. Stuart presiding. The program covers devotions, reports, letters, missions, officers, and a state convention hour, ending with supper and an evening message by Rev. H. A. Stanton.
Donald M. Marshall, World War II veteran and former first lieutenant in the SAAF, returns to Pratt & Whitney as an experimental engineer for flight research. He had left to serve in 1941 and was shot down over France in 1943, spending nine months in a German prison camp. He plans to relocate his family to Hartford, Connecticut near the new plant.
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